Automatic Storage Management

Optimized Backup and Recovery of Oracle 11g Database

This document examines the backup and recovery operations in an ASM environment using Hitachi replication technology. It provides guidelines for the most practical configurations.

In today’s competitive business environment, an irrecoverable data loss in an enterprise can quickly result in revenue loss, reputation loss and customer dissatisfaction. Enterprises are therefore looking for high quality cost-effective backup solutions to protect their business against this risk. In order to meet this challenge, Hitachi Ltd., and Oracle have partnered to deliver an industry leading backup and recovery system by combining Hitachi storage and Oracle 11g Database with Automatic Storage Management (ASM). This document is a joint effort by Hitachi and Oracle to provide guidelines for optimizing backup and recovery of Oracle 11g Database with ASM using Hitachi storage.

This document examines the backup and recovery operations in an ASM environment using Hitachi replication technology. It provides guidelines for the most practical configurations. Backup and recovery in an ASM environment can be managed in the same way as they are in the traditional file system. However, it involves distinctive procedures and setting methods that are described in this document for your reference.